tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post6683831293812246328..comments2023-10-18T16:25:13.593+01:00Comments on Famous for 15 megapixels: FuguStefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-30603336383703974122006-11-24T11:22:00.000+00:002006-11-24T11:22:00.000+00:00All quite depressing. Here is a reasonably balanc...All quite depressing. Here is a reasonably balanced article from the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,1955864,00.html">Guardian</a>.gyg3shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295092807711672726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-85817603065418632222006-11-23T22:44:00.000+00:002006-11-23T22:44:00.000+00:00The story falling apart?
Well it kind of looks th...The story falling apart?<br /><br />Well it kind of looks that way doesn't it<br /><br />The thing about Putin is that he is totally on board witht he War on Terror to suit his own domestic agenda but conversely all his Western WoT buddies are scared silly at the prospect of a resurgent Russia and spend equal amounts of time praising Putin and dissing him<br /><br />Us ordinary mugs would be best off trusting none of these people and their hacks at allStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-37959466494929063302006-11-22T11:00:00.000+00:002006-11-22T11:00:00.000+00:00You're on the money about this little affair.
I h...You're on the money about this little affair.<br /><br />I have a good friend who is an attaché with the Russian embassy and one of our biggest arguments is over the Oligarchs and Putin. He is anti-Putin and supports the Oligarchs whereas I take quite the opposite line; I guess he is being a good diplomat and towing the national-interests line.<br /><br />Putin is an ardent nationalist and I think while a tough leader he is the best thing for Russia right now.Wolfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820269114208456064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-70442880290153895962006-11-21T22:57:00.000+00:002006-11-21T22:57:00.000+00:00The poisoning story is falling apart. Diagnosis i...The poisoning story is falling apart. Diagnosis is difficult and now his consultant is saying that it may not be thallium poisoning after all. Note that thallium should be detected in the urine and other bodily fluids if this really was the poison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-29092102141923225052006-11-20T19:06:00.000+00:002006-11-20T19:06:00.000+00:00Sophia
I have not visited Russia for three years ...Sophia<br /><br />I have not visited Russia for three years but I am sure everything you say is true<br /><br />One thing is for sure, the Oligarchs had their chance to govern Russia and the results were appalling.<br /><br />As I am typing this there's is news coverage of the London poisoning playing in the background - they're playing Berezovsky's tune...Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-68812293221483705722006-11-20T19:05:00.000+00:002006-11-20T19:05:00.000+00:00Bailii link corrected.Bailii <a href="http://www.bailii.org">link</a> corrected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-47409485345294805232006-11-20T19:02:00.000+00:002006-11-20T19:02:00.000+00:00A Bailii search of Beresovsky is quite interesting...A <a href="www.bailii.org">Bailii</a> search of <a href="http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/sino_search_1.cgi?method=all&query=Berezovsky&results=50&submit=Search&rank=on&callback=on">Beresovsky</a> is quite interesting, <a href="http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/uk/cases/UKHL/2000/25.html&query=Berezovsky&method=all">for example</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-77444871797429035832006-11-20T18:46:00.000+00:002006-11-20T18:46:00.000+00:00Stef,
We traveled Russia last summer and it was d...Stef,<br /><br />We traveled Russia last summer and it was depressing, except in Moscou where the city does not seem to have lost its joie de vivre. But all the money is concentrated right now in Moscou. I got the impression also that you can still make money in Russia as a free entrepreneur, even under Putin but not with the country,s natural resources. You can sell cars, wine, whatever and become rich nobody will ask you anything.<br />So I think it is not only about money when it comes to the Oligarchs mafioso, it is also about international politics and those who fear that Russia might become again a superpower one day and there are chances it will become. This country has immense natural resources, an educated population and the will to overcome the last fall.<br />Putin may appear as a murderer in the western press but he has the blessings of many russians who know that Russia,s economic development and future depends now on how ell he will manage and secure the country against the mafioligarchs and the international business who support them and who has eyes on Russia's natural resources.Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09577807573716384982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-7574076937855773232006-11-20T17:19:00.000+00:002006-11-20T17:19:00.000+00:00@matizovod
The one thing all criminals have in co...@matizovod<br /><br />The one thing all criminals have in common is their criminality not their race<br /><br />Take Berezovsky for example - like many other Oligarchs he happens to be Jewish but he had pretty close connections with the Chechen Mafia who happen to be Muslim.Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-61555649936921826162006-11-20T16:47:00.000+00:002006-11-20T16:47:00.000+00:00nothing to apologise about at all
you were just q...nothing to apologise about at all<br /><br />you were just quicker off the gunStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-24888978173042803132006-11-20T16:06:00.000+00:002006-11-20T16:06:00.000+00:00(apologies for premature posting - see earlier)(apologies for premature posting - see earlier)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-81598260865753902932006-11-20T14:30:00.000+00:002006-11-20T14:30:00.000+00:00Хуйню какую-то пишите...Хуйню какую-то пишите...Summerian Cryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923027433596402934noreply@blogger.com